Check out Season 4 of The Migration Podcast!
Episode 12: Migrant child protection in Latin America & the Caribbean
In this episode, Alexandrea Castro speaks with Pablo Ceriani about the changing migration patterns of children across Latin America, and how there has been a general increase in capacity and willingness to deal with migrant child protection in the region.
Episode 11: The "post-colonial social contract" of sending states with their citizens
In this episode, MIGLOBA's Roos Derrix chats with Gerasimos Tsourapas and Kamal Sadiq about their latest project on south-south labour migration. They are looking at the role of sending states, and how they establish what they call a “post-colonial social contract” with their citizens.
Episode 10: Kerala's social protection policies for emigrants in the Gulf
In this episode, Mira Burmeister-Rudolph speaks with Liberty Chee about Kerala’s social protection policies for Indian migrants to the Gulf, the latter’s relationships with diasporic communities and how migrant status is shaped by and shapes citizen-state relations.
Episode 9: On migration studies and migration to African cities
In this episode we hear Silindile Mlilo interview Loren Landau about his latest research on African cities. He talks about how patterns of migration to cities in Africa is distinct from urbanization in other parts of the world. He has been looking the regulation of space and how migrants relate to cities, as well as issues around ethics of inclusion and visibility.
Episode 8: "Road families" en route to the Mexico-US border
In this episode, we hear Itzel Eguiluz speaking with Alejandra Díaz de León about her book “Walking Together: Central Americans and Transit Migration through Mexico”, which was published in 2023. Alejandra talks about how the journey of Central American migrants walking north, through Mexico, is about much more than just having practical strategies to survive the journey –solidarity, trust and social bonds that are formed along the way, can also be valuable elements of the experience.
Episode 7: Logistical Power and the constraint of Mobility
Yixin Zhang interviews Biao Xiang, about how analyzing processes of control over mobility and immobility can help explain the different consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan and Shanghai, in China. This research is from Professor Xiang’s latest paper, called, “Logistical Power and Logistical Violence”. It was recently published in the Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies.
Episode 6: On researching how and why people migrate, for over 50 years
Sarah Hannafin interviewed Russell King, who has been teaching and researching migration for over 50 years. He discusses rethinking dominant frameworks of how and why people migrate and reflects on his diverse academic journey, which led him to research and study return, retirement, student, and love-motivated migration. Russell King is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Sussex in the UK and visiting professor in Migration Studies at Malmö University in Sweden. He is the founder of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, the MA and PhD programs in migration studies, and was the editor of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies from 2001 to 2013.
Episode 5: Fostering a career across disciplines & sectors with Bernadette Nirmal Kumar
Larisa Ozeryansky speaks to Dr. Bernadette Nirmal Kumar, expert in migration and health, about her career trajectory from working in medicine, to public health policy and pursuing academic research. She explains how her personal experience as a migrant informed her research approach and its outputs. She also talks about the benefits of having both a specialisation and diverse experience in various sectors.
Episode 4: Statelessness and Research Ethics with Samanwita Paul
Natalie Brinham talks to Samanwita Paul about the rich field of statelessness studies, how survivors of state crime disrupt dominant discourse around “legal identity”, and her experience of conducting qualitative research with Rohingya in the wake of the genocide in 2017.
Episode 3: Digital Migration with Koen Leurs
Migrants are natural adopters of mobile technologies. Rob Sharp interviews Koen Leurs about his book Digital Migration. They discuss the datafication of migration and that migration researchers need to avoid enabling mechanisms of migration control.
Episode 2: Refugees as architects with Ayham Dalal
In this episode Amanda Alencar speaks to Ayham Dalal about how refugees living in camps adapt the space around them to fit their needs.
Episode 1: About turning data into art with Caroline Wanjiku Kihato
Have you ever considered translating your research into music or other forms of art? Caroline Wanjiku Kihato speaks about how she collaborated with artists to turn stories from her book “Migrant Women of Johannesburg: Life in an in-between City” into a musical composition.